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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - June 30, 1958, Mount Pleasant, Iowa The it. Pleasant news fair �9&Quot these Days by George e. Sokolsky foreign Aii tic i noted states is now engaged in an Active Competition i h soviet Russia for the provision of Money for foreign countries. Each country employs ils own methods but both Are distributing Gold and therein lies a danger to us. Soviet Russia is reputed to mine $1.500.000,000 a year the United states buys most of its Gold at $35 an ounce. In 1958, the United states will provide $3,400,000,000 in foreign Aid plus such Money As the president uses from his contingency and emergency fund plus such Money As we have already contributed to International financial institutions. Much of our contribution is still hidden away and Only comes out but not entirely through Cong res Siona investigations. The $3,400,000,000 is divided As follows other programs a military assistance $1,878,000,000 defense support. 725,000,000 development loan fund 300,000,000 technical cooperation 125,000,000 special assistance. 225,000,000 development assistance carryover Only 52,000,000130,000,000 other programs Mem Dpi te9kssseeeesb vol. 80, no. 153 it. Elk As ant Iowa monday evening june to 1958 by Carrier 30 per week by mall <7.80 per year no Speed up or hearing mystery of disappearing ducks saved there a a Surprise ending a a i t it the disappearing pucks wa.-, brought to an abrupt end on attic he i in Mills farm eat to monday Gene the Chest Al Mills Moi Tong oldest son of the and Hie family s what is railed a a technical cooperation is the old Point four program under another name. This program involves the Export of american skills to a so called weak and backward country. Sometimes the funds have been used for the erection of a Plant As Well. The problem of military assist a Nee becomes increasingly involved in Tho 8unshine of a Beautiful As tile cold War turns into the sunday afternoon on the South tepid War. Actually we still require slope of their tract of land add allies and we still must support cent to South Mam and a Block some of them. Liere is great of Lxi South of Given Strart i3apti.St.s of first Baptist Church it. Pleasant break ground for new Church a it was a time for smiles sunday afternoon at the occasion of the breaking of ground at the site of the new Baptist Church to be erected on South main Street. Marvin Van syne chairman of the building committee lifted out the Spade Ful of Black soil and the pastor of the Church the Rev. James Troxel took some of the soil in hts hand. It was a climactic Point. Much has gone before in tile preparations to reach this event and there is much yet to be done before the building is completed. Witnessing the ground breaking which came at the close or hit a first Church service to be held on the site a were some of Host taking part in the program and Many members of the Church congregation. Shown seated from left1 ate Rev George Meyers Fairfield Rev. Jay Waterman face obscured Salem Rev. Elwood kiss it. Madison Rev Jerald Belt Moderato of the Southeastern Iowa Baptist association and Rev we Ham Benallack Lockridge important occasion for first Baptist Church ability both in the nature of the support and the reasons for it. Military Aid is an outgrowth of the Marshall plan which set out to rebuild the european Economy but is the cold War developed became nato. Military Aid therefore is not always of a military character because often by freeing countries from the huge Cost of imports it is possible to assist them to finance their own military operations in local currency. Each situation is different and now there is the additional difference that soviet Russia has moved into the Aid giving business in Competition with us and with As much Money available As we have so far As we know. The soviet technique is More flexible than ours As the Kremlin officials have no one to account to. The entire matter is confused by the Assumption that peace exists when obviously there is no peace. I we Are As much at War now As we 1 were in 1945, Only it is a different Type of War fought on different j fronts and utilizing different meth j ods. It is a War of Xiv Sitison rather j than of motion each Side seeking by new tools to place itself in a More favourable position than its opponent. J added an important chapter in 1 their Church history. The ground breaking for a new Church was a Symbol of the Progress that has been made towards the new construction the Rev. James e Troxel pastor explained. I after a fitting program of numbers by the choir prayers and Short i talks the actual ground breaking was done by Marvin Van soc head of the building committee. I he used a Spade specially prepared for the occasion a one that had been painted Gold Ile lifted out some of the Black soil of the gentle slope at the exact site where the new building will stand. Plans and specifications for the new Structure picture of a Model of j which was published in the news recently Are Well along the financing also is coming along nicely. The pastor explained that the new building will Cost Between $135,000 and $150,000 the Church organization has $52,000 on hand. The goal is to raise $30,000 for the building of the Church basement so that it will not be necessary to Dis i turn the funds on hand for that part of the building he stressed that the congregation is not Day dreaming. Much study has been Given to the plans and the financing he said. Tile choir standing on risers placed especially for the occasion Sang an Anthem that filled the area through amplification the congregation Sang two hymns. Or. Warren Filkin head of the department of Christian education Northern Baptist theological Seminary Chicago brought Hie message of the afternoon. You build a Church when Hie time comes that it is needed and not when everything is just right he told the congregation. The theme of was Quot let us Rise up the program and build Quot greetings were brought to the baptists by mayor Wade i Beth chamber of Commerce president Frank Deluria and Baptist Model air Jerald Belt. Rev. Troxel gave the Welcome Rev William belial Lack Lockridge Baptist Church gave the invocation. Rev la Russell Jay president of the it pleasant ministerial association read lie scripture Rev. Elwood Goss it Madison gave the prayer and Rev George Myers Fairfield Baptist Church gave the Benediction mrs Norman Asplund played the Organ music. Strike Down loyalty oath requirement mrs. Leo Turley poppy chairman for state auxiliary a All this exploding and our own missiles very Little except As of sputnik accomplishes a hot War preventative. What each Side is j trying to prove is that a balance of economic and military Power is being maintained. It is assumed that As Long As that balance is maintained there will be no fighting w a. Without Ever reaching a state of a hot War it is possible by the economic Means now employed to achieve As much destruction As by i an old fashioned hot War. In fact. The curious inflation recession Complex from which we now suffer is in a Large measure due to the exigencies of the tepid War which is Likely to outlast this Century. It is impossible for either Side to foretell the course of events or the permutations and concatenations to quote Charles a. Beard of historic forces now at work Washington up a the supreme court today struck Down Tho California loyalty oath required for property tax exemptions. The vote was 7-1. With Justice Tom Clark dissenting. Chief Justice Earl Warren californian did not participate. Justice William j. Brennan jr., speaking for the majority said the state procedures Quot place burdens of proof and persuasion on the this lie said violated the Stit ution s requirement of process of scouts go to Camp Eastman a number of boy scouts troop 28. One from troop 27. Mrs. Leo Turley of the local vow auxiliary no. 2561 has been ap-1 pointed department poppy chair a Man department of Iowa ladies j auxiliary veterans of foreign wars according to an announcement by mrs. Walter Rose recently elected department president of Charles City. With this assignment mrs. Turley will be expected to coordinate the activities of the Nim District buddy poppy chairmen working the a with the 168 vow auxiliaries throughout Iowa. The buddy poppy Sale conducted by the veterans of foreign wars and auxiliaries in the department of Iowa is held in september in some cities in May in other towns. Over the years the buddy poppy j has become the Symbol of All those men who fought so valiantly during our nations hour of need. Funds go for the sick and disabled or his loved ones for those in veterans hospitals still suffering the scars of War looking to others for some cheer for the Little children in Fox tells of Adams conversation services tuesday for n. V. Rich at the City Iller a con Quot due from Ana hangs on i Raymond those attending were the following Tom Hayward Jim Hodson end Joe Liechty of the flaming arrows patrol Wendell Brase Bill Wixcel Fred Allender Darrell Turner Robert ring Carter Challen Martin Smith and Tom Robertson of the Sioux patrol and Bill Wilson Tom Bell Tom reavely Steven i Bobbitt. Mike Riepe Ward sessions Monson Stanley Kerr and Mike Wymore of the Pioneer patrol and Ernest Galen Warren Woepking Kent White Randle Van Brussel Billy Wilson tim my Beth Joe Hunsaker and Dick Throckmorton of the Eagle patrol All of troop 28 Elmer Swanson of troop 27 and these boys from Post if last month our Fate Hung on Algeria this week it Lebanon and next year it May be Japan. The constant changes the fluctuations of policy in some 80 countries affect our Economy immediately and we Are bound by the errors of our own past particularly the error of Fritt ering away our vast Gold Reserve which would now he of such enormous use to us. The 227 Dick Devin. Robert Huston. Start Ling condition is that West Gerald ring Linn Hunsaker and building up an enor j Terry Throckmorton and Albert Reserve and soviet Riepe it scoutmaster and Leader of Russia is pegging the red chinese j troop 28. Currency to a Gold rouble. How a a a it a. Soon will it be before soviet rus the country with the most Gold Sia issues a Gold Export rouble j will be the Center of the universe several from Post 227 Are spending Natrona Homp. And for de the week at Camp Eastman. Apartment and Natrona Artia Ballta. Hon. The buddy poppies Are assembled by disabled veterans and their making is considered a valuable1 form of occupational therapy. This experience is regarded As a morale Booster for convalescent patients who Benefit from the psychological reaction of proving useful to themselves and to the cause which the buddy poppy represents. Washington. Up Boston promoter John Fox swore today he heard presidential assistant Sherman Adams Tell Bernard Gold Fine to Quot keep his Mouth shut after he boasted that Adams was a taking care Quot of his troubles with Federal agencies. Fox gave further testimony to the House influence investigating subcommittee in an attempt to Back up his charge that Adams was present when the boast allegedly was made. Adams a denied that any such incident took place. A madams a Fox said a took Gold line to a far Corner of the room and quite obviously admonished Fox said he could not hear every word spoken but that from snatches he caught it was quite obvious he was telling Gold Fine to keep his Mouth the subcommittee meantime postponed until wednesday the appearance of Goldfine. He had been scheduled to testify tuesday. The delay was granted both at his request and for the convenience of the subcommittee. Nicholas v Rich 60, died University hospitals Iowa saturday morning at ii 25 lingering illness he had been a resident of it. Pleasant the last 25 years and with the exception of four year during i which he was employed at the Iowa ordnance Plant had been employed with the county Road maintenance Crew. He held the position of Foreman he was the son of in Gullip and Ella Hinkle Rich and was born neat Wayland on february la 1898. On August 2. 1923, he and Oletha Smith were married she and their nine children survive the children Are Willis and Edward Ben Doris Ann Hall started out with a dozen my in hatched White duckling Earls flu willing they began i appearing one or two a night until Only one was left the Mills Wile baffled about the cull in Mer he seemingly left no til k and the family dog pal was unable to it it find any i Ell i he Duck i hide evident in i Ana from nowhere and re turned via the same route the next link in the mystery came when Gem saw a Chirk in Hawk i in near one of the duckling a tie thought a at last the mystery is to he m St night he fixed la very Clever trap to it up time the Hawk he tied the Only Lurk Ling leu to the clothesline in the Bac k Vard put steel t raps around it and left a loaded Shotgun by the door lacing the clot lie line the Mills family awoke the next Moi nine it 2 of to the sound it i squawking Duck and a howling dog. Mince pal had been shut up to prevent his stepping into one of the traps meant tor animal a he come to he of Tho trapped Duck i n. Rushed out of the House expecting either to shoot the Raider or have it captured in one of the haps hut when he got to the scene of the crime animal x was gone and so the Duck the verdict was that animal x be a Hawk since they leaves Money to it Church relatives last will and testament of Brandmeyer has been Folio probate at the Corn i the Art Bur Mil t cd House according to the terms of die will he left his residence in new London to his sister Clara Brandon Vei $7,500 to hts brother Walter Bland Meyer $500 to the presbyterian Church in new London and also $500 to each of Hie following nieces and nephews june Mckenzie m1 pleasant Thelma Turner Arizona Ruth Dunn new London Shirley Simpson Burlington. And Earl Brand Meyer of West Rich mrs j Burlington and Joyce i the residue Seldom raid Al. Night it must be a Raccoon in a Sim that plan was decided upon for the next night this tune to make allow met for an Cai hoi i Aid the result ame a the first night it was decided that the live Bult should be a ctr protected so a i a Tckett was placed Iii a Bird Cage. And again traps amt guns were in their listed Ive places \ Little before three monday morning tile Chicken woke hit i �n.11y up As she angrily chided the a ooh Quot Minco Elf tie a father made it to the Dom before Hie of hats lie Iii kist up the loaded Shotgun and stuck it through the screen door the Quot Coon ran Oil he Caille Back a second time Only to have a Light i politely flashed Iii hts Fate he went away again the Quot Coon Quot and Mills rape a ted Lites game once again then Mills became tired of playing and listened Hie seen Dom opt to so head Haye a Clew i shot when the Quot Coon returned the next tune Mills was standing in the living room Shotgun in hand and pointed in the general Detec lion it the trap he filmed at one of the shadows hoping la was the Quot cowl Quot and not Iii engr Mills was sure now that he had hit the Quot Colin Quot because it no wildly about the Yard finally giving Iii and stopping the Chicken lucked Hen Hearty approval of the Rescue letting everyone know that she was unharmed Mills i Iii out in the Yard to the spot where the a Coon Quot had dropped but was still alive he shot again. The Quot Coon was a horned owl with a Wingspread of four feet and eight indies building permits total $106,500 the following is a my permits issued month of june 1958. A Short description of is to be divided Germany is to us Gold fined on traffic charge firecrackers held propose electing on at Large basis Mark s. Westerbeck. New London pleaded guilty in mayor Wade Mcbeth a court to charges of ignoring a Stop sign and was fined $3 and posts. A Box of fireworks found in the Westerbeck vehicle is being held. Recession note Montpelier it. It Upit a the unemployment compensation com of the world turns to Gold As it As England was for centuries. Mission was forced to increase its s Likely to do in an Effort to save copyright 1958, King features i work Force by 30 employees due to itself from economic strangulation Syndicate added work caused by the recession Des Moines up the governor s reapportionment committee. As a final Means of forcing the Iowa legislature to reap of j Tion itself has Given a tentative approval to a proposal for sliding Iowa lawmakers at Large instead of by districts. Rather than recommend any specific reapportionment plan the group approved Quot several guide j posts and turned them ova to subcommittees which will first draft a proposed constitutional amendment for reapportionment. Rich All of i pleasant Marvin Rich Findlay Ohio Dean Rich Oelwein mrs. Lyle la Venine Zear Washington mrs Kenneth i Lorraine Swan or Harrisburg. Penn., and James Rich Cedar rapids. Other survivors Are his Mother mrs. Ella Rich Wayland seven Brothers and Sisters Forest it. I pleasant mrs Leslie bin a near it pleasant Allan Wayland mrs Warren Allen morning Sun mrs Wade sinn Wayland Rex. Oxnard calif., and Arthur Santa Barbar calif., also 17 grandchildren services will be held at two . Tuesday at the first Baptist Church with the Rev James Troxel pastor of the Church officiating interment will be at Forest Home cemetery. The casket will be open before the service and will not be opened afterwards. Friends will be received by the family a the Crane funeral Home from 7 to 9 . Monday evening equally Between Walter Brand Meyer and Clara Brandmeyer. Walter Brandmeyer was executor. The will was drawn up March 13. 1958 Driver of wrecked car is fined Edward Barnes 16, has been fined $100 and Cost in Justice Rudolph be key a court on a charge of reckless driving. Barnes car overturned near Coppock thursday afternoon injuring two y out los. Ofor. Chadwick Speaks at conference dinner or. J. Raymond Chadwick Prest j Dent of now a Wesleyan College was the dinner speaker for the Rock River conference last tuesday evening at the Wesley methodist j Church in Aurora 111. The dinner celebrated the i Ooth anniversary of j the Church. Bishop Charles w Brashares resident Bishop of the t some 85 per cent of the fort. Tad Chicago. Ill area presided it was j land in Rhode Island is in private the 119th session of the Rock River 1 ownership of less than 500 acres conference i a ii i Moton up the supreme court today rejected a i it i t for a Peedon up ruling on int ration it Little Hook s High school Hie court said in a Brief Novelle i ont i it. Has no doubt the toll i s circuit court of appeals will w the Quot a 11ni importance of the mine element in this litigation my will act on it Quot in ample time to permit arrangements for the next school year. An order suspending integration it Central High was issued by Federal District judge Harry j i 111 ii % on june a i i in Ley Grav id the school Board a 2 year Helm in the integration program. I mice his decision the seven negro children who expected to return to Central next september will not in Able to do so. An Appeal of the Lam Ley ruling a been taken in Naa p attorneys to the 8th circuit court in St Louin which would noun ally to u argument on it some time next fall the negro lawyers contended that the Issue is so important that the supreme court should have by a sed the 8th circuit and assumed jurisdiction at once. I be supreme pointed out. That news have asked of urls a o r d e r the negro at tor the circuit court list of build during the to Girt or i with the Wank that was covered by the permit Blendes Ross 4 >4 w. Madison construct garage. Fred and Maude , 201 n. Walnut addition to House Anna Anderson 708 e Monroe construct garage Forest Johnson 1103 e Madison reconstruct shed. Jericho Jewell a 8 main remodelling. First Baptist Church Corner of main and Madison con Tinct Church. James Jamison 307 n. Marion reconstruct Back porch. Albert Nan. 507 e Harlan Niter pore a Wayne Simmons 602 Carroll Avenue construct garage. Value of construction As shown on permits is $106,500 00 Forster resigns Des Moines up i City m a n a g e r George Forster announced today he will resign to become executive director of the Wisconsin Bankers Assn. To delay the effectiveness of the Lemley Ider. This request has not yet been acted on by tile circuit court. The supreme court said its Power to take cases away from circuit courts Quot Bas been exercised but rarely and the issues and Cir Climata Asea relevant to Hie present petition do not warrant its exercise record Mark in flight new York up a two air Force jct tankers which broke the new York to London Speed record last week streaked across the Atlantic to a new 1/ondon-to-new York Mark sunday. Clocked in less than six hours the giant pc 13b tankers Cairn within an hour of beating the Sun in their flight from London to new York. President signs tax measure Washington up president Eisenhower today signed a Bill repealing the 3 per cent Federal tax on freight shipments and extending for one year All other corporate and excise levies. The measure also ended a tax of 4 cents a ton on transportation of Coal and 4 a a per cent on pipeline shipments of Oil and Gas. Repeal of the freight levies will go into effect aug. I. It will Cost the Treasury an estimated 48 million dollars a year. Keith Lamm to coaching position at new London Olds Keith Lamm boys and girls basketball coach Here is resigning from the position to accept the position of basketball coach at new London. Lamm has had an excellent record during his three years Here. At new London be will succeed Donald e. Cosert who died june 2 following surgery at now a City. A methodist youths Here for week in to will celebrate Soth anniversary a or and mrs William a. Mitts will celebrate their go Den wedding anniversary which occurs Friday. July 4 at an open h jus sunday. July 6 at the Home of their Vin Carl mitts. The hours will be from 2 to 4 pm. At 911 e. Madison St. Or. And mrs mitts have five c Hildren. 12 grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Or and mrs mitts were in it. Pleasant on july 4 1908. Approximately 240 senior High so hex i students from the Burlington District of the methodist Church Are Here attending Pioneer Camp for one week at Iowa Wesleyan College. They Are meeting under the leadership of the Rev. Larry Jones of it Madison who is acting Dean. Class sessions Are being held for the purpose of studying the Christian classics and a varied program of recreation is being carried out. The sessions will last through saturday noon

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